Professor P.J. Byrne is Professor of Operations Management and the current Deputy Dean at Dublin City University Business School. He previously served as Head of the Financial and Operational Performance Group from 2021 – 2025, and as Head of the Management Group from 2012 – 2015.
Prior to joining DCU, Prof. Byrne worked at the Enterprise Research Centre, University of Limerick from 2004 – 2007. He has led the development of multiple academic programmes, including DCU’s BSc in Aviation Management (with pilot studies) in 2008 and the MSc in Aviation Leadership in 2014. More recently, he was the lead developer of the MSc in Management (Operations and Supply Chain Management) in 2024 and the Graduate Certificate in Management (Operations and Supply Chain Management), in partnership with Drogheda Institute of Further Education (DIFE), in 2025.
Prof. Byrne has served on numerous external programme accreditation panels across Irish higher education institutions and has acted as an external examiner for academic programmes at a number of Irish based institutes. He also held an external examiner role at City University, Hong Kong from January 2015 – January 2019.
He has an extensive track record in industry-focused research. He has acted as Principal Investigator for several national and international research projects and, together with his research team, has successfully attracted significant funding, primarily in the areas of discrete event simulation and its applications in manufacturing, services, and healthcare process improvement.
His research interests include supply chain design, analysis and optimisation, discrete event simulation, industrial applications of simulation modelling for the manufacturing and services sectors, and business process optimisation.
In addition to his academic roles, Prof. Byrne is highly active in the European and Irish operations management community. He served as President of the European Decision Sciences Institute from 2023 – 2024 and as Immediate Past President from 2024 – 2025, having previously held the role of Treasurer from 2020 – 2022. He was also Conference Chairperson for the European Decision Sciences Conference 2022, held in Dublin. He is also a founding member and board member of the Dublin Lean Network (2019 – Present).
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2009 | Potinecke T.; Rogowski T.; Boucher X.; Dolgui A.; Agoti S.; Stylios C.; Groumpos P.; Heavey C.; Liston P.; Byrne P.; Salvador S.; Salvador M. (2009) 'A view of SME clusters and networks in Europe' In: A Road Map to the Development of European SME Networks: Towards Collaborative Innovation. [DOI] | |
| 2009 | Peter J Byrne, Liston, P. and Heavey, C. (2009) 'Supply Chain Design - In An Outsourcing World' In: Dwivedi, A., Butcher, T(Eds.). Supply Chain Management and Knowledge Management - Integrating Critical Perspectives in Theory and Practice. : Palgrave MacMillian. | |
| 2008 | Peter J Byrne, O'Regan, E., Heavey, C. et al. (2008) 'VO Management Pilot Cases, Virtuelle Fabrik, Orona, SNS' In: Camarinha-Matos, Luis; Afsarmanesh, Hamideh; Ollus, Martin(Eds.). Methods and Tools for Collaborative Networked Organizations. : Springer. | |
| 2008 | Peter J Byrne, Heavey, C. and Liston, P., (2008) 'Outsourcing Networks in Ireland' In: Villa, A(Eds.). A Road Map to the Development of European SME Networks: Towards a Collaborative Innovation. : Springer. | |
| 2006 | Peter J Byrne, Heavey, C., Liston, P. and Byrne, J. (2006) 'Operational Design in VO Supply Networks Creation' In: Network-Centric Collaboration and Supporting Frameworks. : Boston:Springer. |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2021 | Owida, A., Byrne, P.J., Heavey, C. and K.S. El-Kilany (2021) 'Product-service systems in Egypt: a multicase evaluation of field repair'. International Journal of Emerging Markets, . | |
| 2021 | Liston, P., Conyngham, G., Brady, M., Byrne, P.J., Winder-Baggot, S. and Gilligan, P. (2021) 'The Boomerang Study: Increased Hospital Re-admission via the Emergency Department'. Irish Medical Journal, 114 (1):239-246. | |
| 2021 | Validi, S.; Bhattacharya, A.; Byrne, P.J. (2021) 'An evaluation of three DoE-guided meta-heuristic-based solution methods for a three-echelon sustainable distribution network'. Annals of Operations Research, 296 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Validi, S.; Bhattacharya, A.; Byrne, P.J. (2020) 'Sustainable distribution system design: a two-phase DoE-guided meta-heuristic solution approach for a three-echelon bi-objective AHP-integrated location-routing model'. Annals of Operations Research, 290 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2018 | Panahifar, F. Byrne, P.J. and Heavey, C. (2018) 'Supply chain collaboration and firm performance: the critical role of information sharing and trust'. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 31 (3):358-379. | |
| 2017 | Liston, P., Conyngham, G., Brady, M., Byrne, P.J. and Gilligan, P. (2017) 'Growing Old in the Emergency Department'. Irish Medical Journal, 8 (621):10-16. [Link] | |
| 2017 | Brady, M., Kumar, V., Byrne, P.J., Conyngham, G., Liston, P. and Gilligan, P. (2017) 'Towards a model of emergency department congestion'. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 16 (3-4). | |
| 2016 | Salam, A, Panahifar, F. and Byrne, P.J. (2016) 'Retail Supply Chain Service Levels: The Role of Inventory Storage'. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 29 (6):887-902. | |
| 2016 | Owida, A., Byrne, P.J., Heavey, C., Blake, P. and El-Kilany K.S. (2016) 'A simulation based continuous improvement approach for manufacturing based field repair service contracting'. International Journal of Production Research, 54 (21):6458-6477. | |
| 2016 | Ahern, T, Byrne, P.J. & Leavy, B. (2016) 'Root Metaphors for the Management of Projects: Towards a Knowledge Based View'. Project Management Journal, 47 (3):109-123. | |
| 2016 | Ivers, A.M., Byrne, P.J. & Byrne J. (2016) 'Analysis of SME data profiles: A simulation perspective'. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 23 :163-188. | |
| 2016 | Panahifar, F., Heavey, C., Sontamino, P and Byrne, P.J. (2016) 'Developing causal relationships for CPFR index: a system dynamics simulation approach'. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 4 :1-8. | |
| 2015 | Panahifar, F., Byrne, P.J., Heavey, C. (2015) 'A hybrid approach to the study of CPFR implementation enablers'. PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL, 26 :1090-1109. | |
| 2015 | Panaihfar, F., Heavey, C, & Byrne, PJ (2015) 'Developing Retailer Selection Factors for Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment'. INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS, 115 :1292-1324. | |
| 2015 | Panahifar, F., Heavey, C., Byrne, P.J. and Salam, M. (2015) 'Partner Selection Factors for Successful CPFR Implementation Using Fuzzy DEMATEL'. JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT, 3 :1138-1145. | |
| 2015 | Validi, S., Bhattacharya, A. & Byrne, P.J. (2015) 'A Solution Method for a Two-Layer Sustainable Supply Chain Distribution Model'. COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH, 54 :204-217. | |
| 2015 | Farhad Panahifar , Cathal Heavey , P.J. Byrne , Hamed Fazlollahtabar (2015) 'A framework for collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR): state of the art'. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 28 :838-871. | |
| 2015 | Ahern, T, Byrne, P.J. & Leavy, B. (2015) 'Developing Complex-Project Capability Through Dynamic Organizational Learning'. International Journal Of Managing Projects In Business, 8 . | |
| 2014 | Validi, S., Bhattacharya, A. & Byrne, P.J. (2014) 'Integrated Low-Carbon Distribution System for the Demand Side of a Product Distribution Supply Chain: A DoE-Guided MOPSO Optimiser based Solution Approach'. International Journal of Production Research, 52 :3074-3096. | |
| 2014 | F Panahifar , P.J. Byrne , C Heavey (2014) 'ISM analysis of CPFR implementation barriers'. International Journal of Production Research, 52 :5255-5272. | |
| 2014 | Validi, S., Bhattacharya, A. & P. J. Byrne (2014) 'A Case Analysis of a Sustainable Food Supply Chain Distribution System - A Multi-Objective Approach'. International Journal of Production Economics, 152 :71-87. | |
| 2014 | Ahern, T, Leavy, B & Byrne, P.J (2014) 'Knowledge formation and learning in the management of projects: A problem solving perspective'. International Journal of Project Management, 32 :1423-1431. | |
| 2013 | Byrne, P.J., Heavey, C & Ryan, P. (2013) 'Sustainable Logistics: A Literature Review and Exploratory Study of Irish Based Manufacturing Organizations'. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION (PRINT), 3 :78-91. | |
| 2013 | Byrne, P.J., Blake, P., Heavey, C. & Liston, P. (2013) 'A Simulation Based Supply Partner Selection Decision Support Tool for Service Provision in Dell'. COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING, 64 :1033-1044. | |
| 2013 | Bhattacharya, A., Geraghty, J., Young, P. & Byrne, P.J. (2013) 'Design of a Resilient Shock Absorber for Disrupted Supply-Chain Networks: A Shock-Dampening Fortification Framework for Mitigating Excursion Events'. PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL, 24 :721-742. | |
| 2013 | Kabak, K. E,. Heavey, C., Corbett, V. & Byrne, P.J. (2013) 'Impact of Recipe Restrictions on Photolithography Toolsets in an ASIC Fabrication Environment'. IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, 21 :53-68. | |
| 2010 | Byrne, P.J., Ryan, P. & Heavey, C. (2010) 'Simulation, a support for sustainable logistical decision-making in complex supply chains'. International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology, 2 :356-370. | |
| 2010 | Byrne, J., Heavey, C. & Byrne, P.J. (2010) 'A review of web-based simulation and supporting tools'. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 18 :253-276. | |
| 2010 | Byrne, P.J., Heavey, C., Ryan, P. & Liston, P. (2010) 'Sustainable supply chain design: capturing dynamic input factors'. Journal of Simulation, 4 :213-221. | |
| 2008 | Liston, P., Byrne, J., Heavey, C. & Byrne, P.J. (2008) 'Discrete-event simulation for evaluating virtual organisations'. International Journal of Production Research, 46 :1335-1356. | |
| 2007 | Liston, P., Byrne, J., Byrne, P.J. & Heavey, C. (2007) 'Contract costing in outsourcing enterprises: Exploring the benefits of discrete-event simulation'. International Journal of Production Economics, 110 :97-114. | |
| 2007 | Liston, P., Byrne, P.J., & Heavey, C. (2007) 'An Evaluation of Simulation to Support Contract Costing, Computers and Operations Research'. COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH, 34 :3652-3665. | |
| 2006 | Byrne, P.J., & Heavey, C. (2006) 'Simulation Model of a Vertically Integrated Supply Chain: A Case Study'. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING - THEORY APPLICATIONS & PRACTICE, 13 :126-135. | |
| 2006 | Byrne, P.J., & Heavey, C. (2006) 'The Impact of Information Sharing and Forecasting in Capacitated Industrial Supply Chains: A Case Study'. International Journal of Production Economics, 103 :420-437. |
Conference Publication
| Year | Publication | |
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| 2024 | (2024) 14th European Decision Sciences Institute Conference Exploring the potential for populist and nationalist influence on supply chain design | |
| 2023 | Gough, G & Byrne, P.J., (2023) 13th European Decision Sciences Institute Global Supply Chain Design: The Impact of Geo-economic and Geo-political Strategies on Global Trade | |
| 2021 | Byrne, J.; Liston, P.; Byrne, P.J. (2021) Operational Research Society 10th Simulation Workshop Sw 2021 Proceedings Analysis of complexity and simulation usage in manufacturing smes [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2020 | Byrne, P.J., Byrne, J., and Liston, P. (2020) 11th Annual Conference of the European Decision Sciences Institute An Analysis of Contact Centre Decision Support Requirements | |
| 2020 | Byrne, J., Byrne, PJ, and Liston, P. (2020) Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop Analysis of complexity and simulation usage in manufacturing SMEs | |
| 2020 | Byrne, J., Byrne, PJ, and Liston, P. (2020) 11th Annual Conference of the European Decision Sciences Institute A framework for DES based data collection and transformation in SMEs | |
| 2019 | Byrne, J., Byrne, P.J., and Liston, P. (2019) 10th Annual Conference of the European Decision Sciences Institute Contact centres: decision support for digital transformation | |
| 2019 | Byrne, P.J., Byrne, J., Liston, P., and Ivers A.M. (2019) 10th Annual Conference of the European Decision Sciences Institute Complications of Complexity: Discrete Event Simulation in Manufacturing SMEs | |
| 2017 | Liston, P.; Byrne, J.; Keogh, O.; Byrne, P.J.; Bourke, J.; Jones, K. (2017) Proceedings Winter Simulation Conference Simulation based decision support for contact centers [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Liston, P.; Byrne, J.; Keogh, O.; Byrne, P.J. (2017) Proceedings Winter Simulation Conference Beyond calls: Modeling the connection center [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Byrne, J.; Svorobej, S.; Gourinovitch, A.; Elango, D.M.; Liston, P.; Byrne, P.J.; Lynn, T. (2017) Proceedings Winter Simulation Conference RECAP simulator: Simulation of cloud/edge/fog computing scenarios [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2017 | Theo Lynn, Anna Gourinovitch, James Byrne, PJ Byrne, Sergej Svorobej, Konstaninos Giannoutakis, David Kenny, John Morrison (2017) Closer 2017 A Preliminary Systematic Review of Computer Science Literature on Cloud Computing Research using Open Source Simulation Platforms | |
| 2017 | Liston, Paul and Conyngham, Gerry and Brady, Malcolm and Byrne, P J and Gilligan, Peadar (2017) Royal College of Emergency Medicine - Annual Scientific Conference (RCEM 2017) PETs Gone Wild: The impact of specialty referral on patient experience times (PET) for those not subsequently admitted Liverpool, | |
| 2017 | James Byrne, Sergej Svorobej, Konstantinos M Giannoutakis, Dimitrios Tzovaras, PJ Byrne, Per-Olov Östberg, Anna Gourinovitch, Theo Lynn (2017) CLOSER 2017 A review of cloud computing simulation platforms and related environments | |
| 2017 | Liston, Paul and Conyngham, Gerry and Byrne, P J and Brady, Malcolm and Gilligan, Peadar (2017) Irish Association for Emergency Medicine - Annual Scientific Meeting (IAEM 2017) Whose PET is it anyway? The case for a third PET metric Galway, | |
| 2017 | Byrne, James; Svorobej, Sergej; Gourinovitch, Anna; Elango, Divyaa Manimaran; Liston, Paul; Byrne, P. J.; Lynn, Theo (2017) 2017 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC) RECAP SIMULATOR: SIMULATION OF CLOUD/EDGE/FOG COMPUTING SCENARIOS | |
| 2016 | Byrne, J.; Liston, P.; Ferreira, D.C.E.; Byrne, P. (2016) Proceedings Winter Simulation Conference Cloud based data capture and representation for simulation in small and medium enterprises [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2016 | Liston, Paul and Conyngham, Gerry and Brady, Malcolm and Byrne, P.J. and Winder-Baggot, Stephen and Gilligan, Peadar (2016) 5th Annual Patient Quality \& Safety Meeting, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin Ten years older in Beaumont: A study of two factors in ED overcrowding | |
| 2016 | Liston, Paul and Conyngham, Gerry and Brady, Malcolm and Byrne, P.J. and Winder-Baggot, Stephen and Gilligan, Peadar (2016) 5th Annual Patient Quality \& Safety Meeting, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin The boomerang study: ED re-attendances and admission rates | |
| 2015 | Svorobej, Sergej and Byrne, James and Liston, Paul and Byrne, P.J. and Stier, Christian and Groenda, Henning and Papazachos, Zafeirios and Nikolopoulos, Dimitrios S. (2015) Proceedings of the Eighth EAI International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques (SIMUTools 2015) Towards Automated Data Driven Cloud Computing Simulation Model Creation | |
| 2015 | Liston, Paul and Conyngham, Gerry and Brady, Malcolm and Byrne, P.J. and Gilligan, Peadar (2015) Royal College of Emergency Medicine - Annual Scientific Conference (RCEM 2015) Age is Only a Number? Time in the Emergency Department | |
| 2015 | Liston, Paul and Brady, Malcolm and Conyngham, Gerry and Byrne, P.J. and Gilligan, Peadar (2015) Irish Association for Emergency Medicine - Annual Scientific Meeting (IAEM 2015) Reduced Length of Stay: Fuelling the Boomerang Effect? | |
| 2015 | Liston, Paul and Brady, Malcolm and Conyngham, Gerry and Byrne, P.J. and Gilligan, Peadar (2015) Irish Association for Emergency Medicine - Annual Scientific Meeting (IAEM 2015) Year-Round Emergency Department | |
| 2015 | Liston, Paul and Brady, Malcolm and Conyngham, Gerry and Byrne, P.J. and Gilligan, Peadar (2015) Royal College of Emergency Medicine - Annual Scientific Conference (RCEM 2015) Seasons in the Emergency Department | |
| 2015 | Liston, Paul and Brady, Malcolm and Conyngham, Gerry and Byrne, P.J. and Gilligan, Peadar (2015) Irish Association for Emergency Medicine - Annual Scientific Meeting (IAEM 2015) Years and Hours in the Emergency Department | |
| 2014 | Liston, Paul and Byrne, P.J. and Brady, Malcolm and Conyngham, Gerry and Gilligan, Peadar (2014) Irish Association for Emergency Medicine - Annual Scientific Meeting (IAEM 2014) Nuts and bolts and patients on trolleys: Lean thinking in manufacturing and medicine and its potential impact on Emergency Department flow | |
| 2010 | Byrne, P.J.; Young, P.; Geraghty, J.; Heavey, C.; Kennedy, B. (2010) 8th International Industrial Simulation Conference 2010 Isc 2010 Barriers to the application of simulation for tactical decision making [Link] | |
| 2010 | Liston, Paul and Murray, Stephen and Byrne, P J and Heavey, Cathal (2010) Intel European Research and Innovation Conference (ERIC) Deciphering manufacturing environment dynamics to achieve con- tinued performance improvement | |
| 2009 | Heavey, Cathal and Byrne, James and Liston, Paul and Byrne, P J (2009) The OR Society Simulation Workshop A web based simulation application | |
| 2008 | Byrne, P.J.; Ryan, P.; Heavey, C. (2008) 6th International Industrial Simulation Conference 2008 Isc 2008 Using simulation to support sustainable logistical decision making in complex supply chains [Link] | |
| 2007 | Byrne, J. and Liston, P. and Heavey, C. and Byrne, P. J. (2007) The 2007 International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'07), part of the 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, \& Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'07) Towards a Web-based Simulation Application for Contract Costing utilizing a Hybrid S\&A Approach | |
| 2004 | Liston, P. Heavey, C. Byrne, P.J. Brown, L. (2004) The 21st International Manufacturing Conference (IMC 21) An Evaluation of Current Practice for Contract Costing in Outsourcing Enterprises |